Georgia delegation congressional voting

WASHINGTON — Here’s a look at how Georgia’s members of Congress voted over the previous week.

Here’s a look at how area members of Congress voted over the previous week.

HOUSE

MEDICAID SPECIAL NEEDS TRUSTS: The House passed the Special Needs Trust Fairness Act (H.R. 670), sponsored by Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Pa. The bill would extend an exemption from a federal government rule requiring disabled people to have a special needs Medicaid trust provided for them by a parent or other party, allowing the disabled to have their own trusts. The vote, on Sept. 20, was 383 yeas to 22 nays.

YEAS: Full delegation

INVESTIGATING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES: The House has passed the GAO Access and Oversight Act (H.R. 5690), sponsored by Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga. The bill would authorize the Government Accountability Office to take legal action to require federal agencies to provide records that the GAO needs to perform its duties of auditing and investigating agency activities. The vote, on Sept. 20, was unanimous with 404 yeas.

YEAS: Full delegation

EXPENSING COSTS FOR REPLANTING CITRUS TREES: The House has passed the Emergency Citrus Disease Response Act (H.R. 3957), sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla. The bill would allow citrus farmers to temporarily expense on their tax returns some of their costs for replanting diseased citrus trees. The vote, on Sept. 21, was 400 yeas to 20 nays.

YEAS: Full delegation

REVIEWING COSTLY FEDERAL REGULATIONS: The House has passed the Require Evaluation before Implementing Executive Wishlists Act (H.R. 3438), sponsored by Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa. The bill would require federal agencies to wait until 60 days after publishing in the Federal Register a proposed regulation that would have a $1 billion or greater annual cost before implementing the regulation. The vote, on Sept. 21, was 244 yeas to 180 nays.

YEAS: Rick Allen, R-12; Sanford Bishop, D-2; Buddy Carter, R-1; Doug Collins, R-9; Tom Graves, R-14; Jody Hice, R-10; Barry Loudermilk, R-11; Tom Price, R-6; Austin Scott, R-8; Lynn Westmoreland, R-3; Rob Woodall, R-7

NAYS: Hank Johnson, D-4; John Lewis, D-5; David Scott, D-13

DISCLOSING IRANIAN OFFICIALS’ ASSETS: The House has passed the Iranian Leadership Asset Transparency Act (H.R. 5461), sponsored by Rep. Bruce Poliquin, R-Maine. The bill would require the Treasury Department to provide Congress and the general public with estimates of the assets that senior Iranian politicians and military officials control. The vote, on Sept. 21, was 282 yeas to 143 nays.

YEAS: Allen, Carter, Collins, Graves, Hice, Loudermilk, Price, A. Scott, D. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NAYS: Bishop, Johnson, Lewis

FUNDING COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING: The House has passed the Community Counterterrorism Preparedness Act (H.R. 5859), sponsored by Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas. The bill would authorize a $39 million Homeland Security grant program for providing funds for emergency response providers in major metropolitan areas to prepare for potential terrorist attacks. The vote, on Sept. 21, was 395 yeas to 30 nays.

YEAS: Full delegation

DIAPER CHANGING AND GOVERNMENT BATHROOMS: The House has passed the Bathrooms Accessible in Every Situation Act (H.R. 5147), sponsored by Rep. David N. Cicilline, D-R.I. The bill would require all bathrooms in federal government buildings to be equipped with facilities for changing babies’ diapers. The vote, on Sept. 21, was 389 yeas to 34 nays.

YEAS: Allen, Bishop, Carter, Graves, Johnson, Lewis, Price, A. Scott, D. Scott, Woodall

NAYS: Collins, Hice, Loudermilk, Westmoreland

PRIVATE COMPANY STOCK OPTIONS: The House has passed the Empowering Employees through Stock Ownership Act (H.R. 5719), sponsored by Rep. Erik Paulsen, R-Minn. The bill would allow private companies to defer for income tax purposes income resulting from equity grants in company stock given to employees. The vote, on Sept. 22, was 287 yeas to 124 nays.

YEAS: Allen, Bishop, Collins, Graves, Hice, Loudermilk, Price, A. Scott, D. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NAYS: Johnson, Lewis

DISCLOSING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS: The House has passed the Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss Act (H.R. 5320), sponsored by Rep. Sam Johnson, R-Texas. The bill would require the Social Security Administration to avoid including Social Security numbers on mailed documents unless the numbers must be on the documents. The vote, on Sept. 22, was unanimous with 414 yeas.

YEAS: Full delegation except Carter, who did not vote

IRS SEIZURES OF CASH BANK DEPOSITS: The House has passed the Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers Restraining Excessive Seizure of Property through the Exploitation of Civil Asset Forfeiture Tools Act (H.R. 5523), sponsored by Rep. Peter J. Roskam, R-Ill. The bill would bar the Internal Revenue Service from seizing property the IRS suspects has been structured to avoid bank reporting requirements unless the IRS believes the property was illegally obtained or otherwise part of a criminal action. The vote, on Sept. 22, was unanimous with 415 yeas.

YEAS: Full delegation except Carter, who did not vote

JUVENILE OFFENDER PROGRAMS: The House has passed the Supporting Youth Opportunity and Preventing Delinquency Act (H.R. 5963), sponsored by Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla. The bill would reauthorize various programs involving juvenile offenders and efforts to prevent juvenile delinquency, and adopt measures aimed at improving oversight and effectiveness of the programs. The vote, on Sept. 22, was 382 yeas to 29 nays.

YEAS: Allen, Bishop, Collins, Graves, Hice, Johnson, Lewis, Loudermilk, A. Scott, D. Scott, Woodall

NAYS: Price, Westmoreland

RANSOM PAYMENTS FOR HOSTAGES: The House has passed the Prohibiting Future Ransom Payments to Iran Act (H.R. 5931), sponsored by Rep. Edward R. Royce, R-Calif. The bill would declare a policy of the federal government not making ransom payments for the release of Americans taken hostage abroad, and bar cash payments to Iran’s government. The vote, on Sept. 22, was 254 yeas to 163 nays.

YEAS: Allen, Bishop, Collins, Graves, Hice, Loudermilk, Price, A. Scott, Westmoreland, Woodall

NAYS: Johnson, Lewis, D. Scott

SENATE

SELLING MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO SAUDI ARABIA: The Senate has tabled a motion to discharge from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee a resolution (S.J. Res. 39) sponsored by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., of disapproval of the proposed U.S. sale to Saudi Arabia of $1 billion worth of Abrams tanks and other military equipment. The vote to table the motion, on Sept. 21, was 71 yeas to 27 nays.

YEAS: David Perdue, R; Johnny Isakson, R